1967 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1967 Yale Bulldogs football
Ivy League champion
Conference Ivy League
1967 record8–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach Carmen Cozza (3rd season)
Home stadium Yale Bowl
Seasons
  1966
1968  
1967 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale $700  810
Dartmouth 520  720
Cornell 421  621
Harvard 430  630
Princeton 430  630
Penn 250  360
Brown 151  261
Columbia 070  270
  • $ Conference champion

The 1967 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished first in the Ivy League with a 7–0 record, 8–1 overall. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Holy Cross *L 14–2631,749 [2]
October 7 Connecticut *
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–631,621 [3]
October 14at Brown W 35–08,900 [4]
October 21at Columbia W 21–722,000 [5]
October 28 Cornell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 41–735,081 [6]
November 4 Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 56–1549,362 [7]
November 11 Penn
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 44–2231,740 [8]
November 18at Princeton W 29–743,000 [9]
November 25 Harvard
W 24–2068,135 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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